Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Nate, Greg, and Paul announced that they will head to the Shifters in the evening, and there was a chance that others will join them as well.
It was just as Dayson hoped it will be. The guests were entertaining themselves and he could focus on Talia.
…
Talia’s eyes fluttered open, and she smiled at the sight of Dayson’s endlessly blue eyes directed at her.
“How long was I out?”
Dayson shrugged. “Not long. We didn’t skip dinner.”
Talia could hear voices from the garden. Guests!
“How is Tanya?”
“She is fine. With Max. It seems they patched up things.”, Dayson said while waggling his eyebrows and Talia smiled at his words. His expression told her that Maddox and Tatiana did much more than just patching up.
“Should we join our guests?”, she asked.
“Later. How are you feeling?”
Talia snuggled closer to him and mumbled into his chest, “I need more cuddles.”
Dayson chuckled and tightened his hold on her. He loved when she was clingy. His kitty learned to rely on him for comfort and he wouldn’t want it any other way.
“Do you remember what happened in the lake?”, Dayson asked.
Talia had a feeling this was coming. It’s not that she didn’t want to think about it, but she remembered that Tanya was in danger and that Maddox went to search for her, and if that were her and Dayson Talia’s heart cracked at the thought that something might happen to Dayson.
“Do we need to talk about it?”, she responded with a question.
Dayson let out a long breath. “Yes.”
“Why?”
Dayson touched Talia’s chin to lift her head so that he can see her face. “Do you know what you did, kitten? You created light and stopped currents. I want you to remember how you did it and learn to control it. This time, we were lucky. No one really saw what happened, and thanks to Maya’s nonsense, others believe it was the work of mermaids. If anyone knew it was you, we would be in trouble.”
“Do you think others would see me as a monster if they knew I did those things?”
Dayson looked at Talia helplessly. “We spoke about this, kitten. There will always be jealous people, and some might even worship you. You will see all that once we announce you as my Luna. However, if people find out what all you can do, some of them will start fearing you. Those are the dangerous ones.”
Talia nodded in understanding. They spoke about it when they discussed that their wolves can talk, and then again when she healed him and flung two rogues in the air with the wave of her hand.
Dayson told her to keep it a secret because being different is not always a good thing. Some will try to control her, or make her power their own, and once they find out that’s not possible, she will be in danger. Many Alphas won’t tolerate anyone jeopardizing their authority, and Talia’s powers will threaten them, even if she keeps a low profile.
Talia took a deep breath and she tried to recollect the smallest details.
“I remember wanting to find Tanya and Max, and then something stirred inside me. It was like I could sense a beacon that told me which way we should go. There was a warm sensation in my stomach I saw that Max was struggling to reach Tanya and I wished that he can do it”
Dayson listened attentively to Talia recollecting the incident from the lake, and when she was done, he asked questions.
Unfortunately, there was not much to go with. Talia wished that there was an on-off switch for controlling her so-called powers, or at least a replay button where she could see everything from another person’s perspective because now that she got to talk about it, it all sounded unbelievable.
Dayson told her that her eyes were glowing with silvery light, and he reminded her of a few times when others bowed to her. And there was also… “Do you remember that you were the one who told Tatiana to come with us to the car when we were heading to the beach?”
Talia remembered. “I asked her to join us.”
“No, kitten.”, Dayson said while looking at her helplessly. “Tanya wanted to go with Kalina and others. She was ignoring Max. Yet when you approached her, she caved in immediately. I felt your aura fluctuating at that moment.”
Talia’s brows came together. “Are you saying that I influenced her?”
“That’s exactly what I’m saying. And the fantastic part is that you are not even aware it’s happening. You are natural, kitten.”
“Is this my wolf’s ability?”, Talia asked.
Dayson was not sure. The incident with the rogues happened before Talia’s wolf awakened. However, there was a possibility that Talia could use her wolf’s power without her wolf being present. And there was always a chance that these were Talia’s abilities, but either the conditions were not met, or Talia used them without realizing it. In any case… “Your wolf will shed more light on all this when she wakes up, but we don’t know when that will happen. Until then, we need to figure out how much we can. If someone realizes what you can do, it will attract attention.”
Talia was overwhelmed. How did things turn out this way? She wished that Dayson was wrong, but there were too many instances of strange things happening, including that woman (aka Jill), getting on all four in the restroom at the Shifters nightclub.
Talia was just a girl who hated injustice and wanted to help people she cared about. How did it turn out into her subduing people and having mysterious glowing powers?
But Dayson was right. Some of the incidents could be explained by her wolf being strong. However, the glowing, stopping water currents, healing others, and flinging rogues into the air were totally different things.
If she could really do that, she needed to learn to control it before it attracts trouble.
“It was like I wanted it to happen, and it did. And I was either not aware that something was unusual, or it was done before I realized it. Sorry, but I can’t remember anything specific.”
“No, no.”, Dayson said right away. “There are few things that are repeating in every case.”
“There are?”
“Every time you showed extraordinary ability, it was because you wanted something to happen.”, Dayson reminded her.
Talia’s brows came together. “How is that helpful?”
Dayson raised a finger, indicating to her to be patient. “And every time, you wanted it for someone else.”
“For someone else?” How was that a clue?